Packaging of cake confections



. July 6, 1937. i w. A. CLARK PACKAGING OF CAKE CONFECTIONS Fi led est.6, 1934 Patented July. 6, 1937 UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,085,728.rscxneme or can: conrnc'rrons William A. Clark, Cincinnati, Ohio,assignor to Emery Industries, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, a corporation ol'Ohio Application October 6, 1934, Serial No. 747,186 a 2 Claim (01.206-18),

artistic decorations for cakes. The decorations to which the inventionparticularly relates are edible and decorative medallions of a fragilenature, manufactured in the conventional way, from sugar compositions orother similar ingredients,

and are described in somewhat more detail at a'later point in thisspecification.

The problem of packaging these decorations is a peculiar one. In thefirst place, since the product is a food product, the package must beclean and sanitary appearing and reasonably air-tight. In the secondplace, being very fragile,

the decorations must be reasonably protected from outside jars anddirect contact of any kind from those handling the package. In the thirdplace, since the artistic appearance of the decorations constitutes theprimary sales appeal,

the packaging means must be so arranged as to quickly impress theprospective customer with this factor. In addition, since thedecorations sell at a relatively low retail price, the package mustnecessarily be of simple and -cheap.construction.

- The novel container of my invention provides a solution of thisproblem and successfully meetseach requirement for a package designed tocontain goods of this type.

The primary purpose of my invention is to provide a semlair-tightpackage of simple and.

cheap construction, of sufficient strength for the purpose intended, andof a clean and sanitary appearance; the package being designed to act asa miniature show -'case for the display of goods in which the artisticappearance of the product provides the principal sales appeal.

A second object of my invention is to provide a display package in whichcake decorations are so rranged as to rovid instru ti hart a p e an e onc doily 2 with the medallions mounted thereon can for theirsubsequentplacement on the cake.

Other objects and advantages will be more. ful ly apparent from adescription of the accompanying drawing, in whigh: s

Figure 1 indicates a plan view of an individual cake decorative package.i

Figure 2 isa cross sectional viewtaken through the package on the lines2-2.

In-the drawing, decorative medallions, emblems and configurations,indicated by ,l, ,are minimally adhesively mounted upon a dolly 2.

The doily 2 is centrally mounted upon a base 1 piece 3, being adhesivelyspotted as at 4-4 to the base piece. The base piece 3 is a sheet,preferably of substantial strength and capable of being bowed orcircularly tensioned.

A transparent protective sheet 5 is placed across the face of themounted doily and medallions and is adhesively secured to the bowedbase'piece 3 by the overlaps 6+6. Various emblematic ornamentalmedallions may be used to serve as cake decorations. These medallionsare manufactured preferably from'a sugar composition, either flavored orotherwise, so as to be edible and are made by the usual process in whichthe sugar composition is squeezed from a conilgurated orifice adapted toimpart the intended surface. It is preferable that the medallions beflavored to constitute after dinner" mints.

The medallions, to increase the decorative efi'ect,

may be colored by means of edible dyes added to the base mixture or theymay be subsequently colored. In addition to the strictly geometricdesigns, such configurations as birds, leaves, flowers and writtenreading indicia. may be included in ,the group. -It is preferablethatthe medallions be mounted to the doily 2 by means of a substantiallyweak edible adhesive such as sugar water, honey or the like. In suchinstance by bending the doily 2 away from the particular medallion,

the medallion can be removed without crumbling or destruction thereof.Likewise, in placing the individual medallions upon the cake intendedfor decoration, a similar edible adhesive, such as butter, honey, syrup,sugar water, and the like can be used to secure the decoration to thecake. In those instances when the medallions are serially individuallyremoved from the doily and placed upon the cake, a cake design guide isaiforded by noting the arrangements of the medallions upon the doilyitself. In the event that candles are to be additionally mounted uponthe cake, in order that the candle grease be prevented from coming intocontact with the cake, the entire be removed from the base piece 3 byrupture o1 the weak adhesive spots 44 and directly placed upon the caketop; in such instance, the subse* quently mountedrcandle holders andcandles bepackage provides a complete solution to all oi problemsinvolved in packaging this particular product. 'Thebowing of the basepiece (I) is believed to be tbesimplest I and least expensive possiblemethod i. elevating the transparent sheet (ii and maintaining the samein a taut position above the upper surface of the product. It isnecessary thatthe medallions be protectedin this manner as they arequite fragile and onebroken medallion destroys the value oithe entirepackage. The attachment of the transparent sheet under tension also has-iaciiitiates the removal of the decorations. If

handled with reasonable care the package has sumcient strength for thepurposes intended, particularly since the product is not designed to bekept on the shelves for a long period of time.

The arrangement 0! the medallions in the exact form in which they are tobe used not only enhances the artistic appearance of the package. but ishighly instructive to the purchaser. It has been found that in practicethe purchaser transfers the medallions to a cake one at a time, therebyreproducing upon the cake the exact appearance of the package.

Having described my invention, I desire'to be limited only by the.ensuing claims:

' 1. A container for edible cake decorations and the like, comprising abase piece of relatively stifl. cardboard, flexed to a' concave bowedcurvature,

a dolly carried withinthe cavity of the base piece,

said doiiy being adapted to carry a plurality of decorations, and atransparent window membrane stretched across the concave side 01' thebase piece to house the'doily sheet, said membrane being fastened atopposite extremities to said base piece and tautly maintainedthereacross by the bowed flexure of the cardboard in a position abovethe upper surface of the decorations.

2. A container of edible cake decorations and the like, comprising abase piece of relatively stiif cardboard, flexed to a concave bowedcurvature, a doiiy carried on the cardboard within the cavity of thebase piece, a plurality of decorative medallions removably mounted onsaid doiiy in design relationship, and a transparent window membranestretched across the concave side of the base piece to house the doiiysheet of medallions, said Wm e

